symbologr

[Gr. symbol on = a symbol, and logos a word, a discourse.] The art of expre ing by symbols; symbolization. *sym-bô-lăm ( pl . sym-bô-la), 8. [SYMBOL, 8.] A contribution. "My symbolum towards so charitable a work."- Ham mond: Paraphrase on the Psalms. (Pref.) sym-bor-ô-dăn, s. [Pref. sym-; Gr. boros =gluttonous, and suff. -odon.] Palæont .: A genus of Peri odactyl a, founded by Cope, on remains from the Miocene of North America. It approximately corresponds to Marsh's genus Brontotherium (q. v.). sym-brăn-chi-dæ, subst. pl. [Mod. Lat. sym branch ( us ); Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. idœ.] Ichthy . A family of Physostomi (q. v.); eel-like fishes, having the body naked or covered with minute scales; the upper iaw is entirely formed by the premaxillary bones, the maxillaries being placed behind them in a parallel position. Pectoral and ventral fins are absent, and the vertical fins are reduced to membranous folds; there is no swimming-bladder, and the stomach is without pyloric appendages. The family is divided into the three following groups, the first two of which are freshwater, but sometimes entering brackish water; the third is marine: IMG:content-0720.png:[blocks in formation] sym-brăn-chi-ną, subst. pl. [Mod. Latin symbranch (us); Lat. neut. pl. adj. suff. -ina.] [SYMBRANCHIDE, 2.] and Gr. brangchia =gills.] sym-brăn-chus, s [Mod. Lat., from pref.sym-, Ichthy.: The typical genus of the group Symbranchina, and the family Symbranchide (q.v.). Vent in the posterior half of the body, which is naked; four branchial arches, with well-developed gills. Two species: Symbranchus marm or at us , common in trop ical America, and S. benga lens is, common in the East Indies. Sym-măch'-I-ans, s. pl . [See def.] Eccles . History : A name sometimes given to the Nazarenes, probably from Symmachus the Ebionite, who is mentioned by Eusebius ( Hist . Eccles ., vi. 17). St. Ambrose (died 397), however, speaks of the Symmachians as descended from the Pharisees, and the sect was in existence in the time of St. Augustine of Hippo (354-430).